Wall-element.



' s. nf BAKERt WALL ELEMENT. APPLICATION FILED DECJ. IEHL Patented Feb. 12, 1918,

TEHEN BAKER,

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@VALL ELEMENT.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known thatI l, STEPHEN l). BAKER,

a citizen of the United States, residingr at.

grab railsor rising rails, and its obi" )ect is to provide a fixture or element of this kind which may be set into the wall so as to impart the appearance of sanitary plainness characteristic of the finish of modern bath rooms and in a manner t'o avoid the use of disclosed securing means and obtain a strong connection with the wall and preserve the latter tree from unduly eX- tending` projections.

ln the accompanying drawing, showing the Tn'efcrrcd form of my invention,

Figure 1 is ay l'ront elevation ot the wallelement in position in a wall;

Fig. is a rcrtical sectional view of what is shown in Fig. l, on a larger scale;

Fig'. 3 is a rear View ot the wallselement, showing one form ot anchor means; and.

l11 ig. t is a fragmentary View of 'said wallelement'. partly in plan and partly in horizontal section and' showing another form ot' anchor means.

'in the construction shown, the wall-element is composed of some material of the class used in the ceramic art. so as to con form to wall-tiling; it is cast in one piece.

The two main parts are a cayitary body portion and a rigid bar bridging the cavity of said body portion.

The body portion, in the form shown, includes two parallel counterpart upright si de walls a a and a wall 7) which joins the falls a a and extends from their iront edges first backward, then downward and then forward to the t'ront edges of said walls a a, in such manner as to leave the upper and lower rear corners c c of said walls projecting, producing a cavity l that is open at the iront. The liront or cavity-face of wall l) is curved and preferably without angles. anyhorizontal section thereof prescutinp,` a straight line troni one of the sides or side walls a to the other, so that it may Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented heb. i2, MMS.,

Application tiled 'iieeefnibcr 2. 1916. Serial No. lfl.

be readily wiped out with a cloth or the like and ke t dry and clean. The land bar, e, is a straight, substantial and reterably cross'sectionally round piece wliic 1 bridges the cavity, connecting the side walls a a; it is arranged horizontally in spaced relation to the upper and lower edges of the wall s0 as to afford a hand-grip space above and below it. shown the longitudinal axis of the bar is about coincident with the plane of the front edges of thevwalls a (L, so that one longi- "tudinal halt thereof is within the cavity and ln the form i .v

the other projects, its outer longitudinal.

tar or any other suitable cement secured in` The 'walls a a afford at their outer.-

place. faces broad surfaces to which the cement-l ing medium may adhere.

The wall-element may be provided with anchorage means acting, auxiliarily to the cement, to hold it in the wall. Such is indicated at f in Fig. 3 as a rod and at g in Fig. as a nail .pr the like, opposed holes h in the upper projections c c being provided to receiyethein; the rod and nail are removably arranged in the holes in the pres,- ent instance.

l do not wish to be limited t0 the precise construction herein shown and described, what l claim being:

l. A built-in wall element including, withl a cavitary body portion formed with planiform sides and with a wall rigidly joining said sides and 'forming' the back and bottom of the cavity, a hand-,bar rigidly joining said sides, any horizontal section of said wall presenting at its concave face a straight line Jfrom one of said sides to the other and 'said wall at said face thereof presenting a curve in 'vertical section rising gradually from the plane of the front face of said body, and the bar leavinga hand-grip space both above and below itself. y

2. A built-in Wallelement including, with a cavitary body portion formed with planiforni sides and with a wall rigidly joining said sides and forming the back and bottom of the emily, u hund-Haz r'gidly joinigg said sides and projecting tliroughput its length beyond the front of each of said side, any horizontal section of said wall presenting at its coicave face a straight lino frcm'one of `said sides to the. other and said Wall ai; saidia, tlieleo presenting a' curve in vertical Section rising gradually from the large of the front face of said 10 body and t o bar leaving :i lmndgrip space .,botlr aloove'anclv below itself.

` 3. A; built-in wall-element including, with a cavitary boy potion formed with'y :1F- proximately rectangular planiform uplig 1t sidesmid with a Wall rigidly joinin said 15 sides and 'fomiig the iop7 bottom an blick of the cavity, Said .sides having rearward corners thereof projecting backwardly be- -yond said Wall, a hand-bai rigidly/joining said sides, and anchorage. means pyojecting 20 laterally from the corners of saids'ides.

n testimony whereof l affix .my signa ture.

STEPHEN D. BAKER. 

